National Achievement Test (NAT) Result

NAT-Science IV (2014) Result - Parañaque Division

NAT-Scie IV 2014 Result (Paranaque Division)

Although it is a 'Herculean Task' for us to reach a very satisfactory MPS in NAT-Science IV due to a very large population of students, this year we've made it to the 3rd out of 9 Public Secondary Schools in Parañaque Division.

1st     ParScie               91.01
2nd   SVNHS              60.77
3rd    PNHS-Main       53.51

ParScie made it to the top with a very high MPS reflecting the mastery level of their students. Although we've made it to the 3rd, still our MPS is below mastery level. The good thing is, based on the 3-year Comparative Result in NAT-Science IV in our Division, this year we've made a great increment from our previous NAT.

3-Year NAT-Science IV Result

S.Y. 2011-2012       38.86
S.Y. 2012-2013       44.64
S.Y. 2013-2014       53.51

To all the hardworking men and women of PNHS-Main Science Department - Congratulations to all of us!!!

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What is NAT?

Taking National Test

The Department of Education (RP) through its National Education Testing and Research Center (NETRC)
conducts an Annual National Test for selected grade levels. This is called the National Achievement Test or NAT.

Since S.Y. 2011-2012, NAT was administered to Grades 3 & 6 of Elementary Level and 4th year for Secondary Level.


Coverage of NAT

Elementary: Filipino, Mathematics, English, Science, HEKASI & Composition Writing
High School: Filipino, Mathematics, English, Science, Araling Panlipunan & Critical Thinking

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Results of NAT can be accessed from DedEd-NETRC Website. This site and information it contains are restricted. Access is granted ONLY to authorized users for authorized purposes. You may not disclose this information without prior authorization. Discuss any requests for disclosure of this information with DepEd-NETRC Head Office.

Source:
DepEd-NETRC Website. 
Dasmariñas Union of Private Schools Facebook Page. facebook.com/juliet.dalisay/posts/185145048201491

Image Source:
Image used above with caption "Taking the National Test". citizenship-aei.org thru gomon.com

goodbye physics!

by JFreigh

(soon...)

Physics is everything around us!

What is Open High School Program (OHSP)?

With the tagline, "Reaching the Unschooled Wherever and Whenever," Open High-School is one of the newest program of the Education Department to reach out most of our out-of-school youths.

This School Year I'm one of the fortunate teachers who were assigned to Open High School Program (OHSP). This is another teaching load aside from our regular classes. Based on the orientation for teachers, this year marks the 4th year of implementation of the said program in our school.

So what is OHSP?

Open High School Program or OHSP is an alternative mode of formal secondary education program run by the Bureau of Secondary Education (BSE) of the Department of Education (DepED) of the Republic of the Philippines. This program provides an opportunity for elementary school graduates, high school drop-outs and successful examinees of the Philippine Education Placement Test (PEPT) to complete secondary education in a purely distance learning mode. The program provides printed self-learning modules for students to use for their lessons and classroom activities.


Qualifications for students who wishes to avail of OHSP:
•     Filipino citizen
•     Independent learner
•     Have completed the pre-requisite grade or year level
•     Must pass the Independence Learning Readiness Test (ILRT) and the Informal Reading Inventory (IRI)

OHSP is available anytime. It is not dependent on the calendar of the regular school year. Student may start at their own time and at their own pacing, provided they complete their entire high education within a maximum period of six (6) years.

OHSP is intended for students who would otherwise be unable to pursue formal secondary education due the rigid requirement of regular class schedules. It is an alternative to attending regular classes but is not designed to be beneficial to all students. Most students may still learn best by attending the regular formal secondary education.


Source:
Bureau of Secondary of Education Website. http://www.bse.ph/index.php/ohsp.html

Summer Classes???

In my seven years of teaching in public secondary school, I still considered myself a newbie in may aspects of my profession. When I was hired in public school, I was a substitute to a teacher (who was then promoted to principal after passing the exam for school heads) with teaching loads assigned to middle sections. The following school year, I was given a teaching load with the lowest sections. To sum it up, my limited experience, exposed me to different types of learners. From the lowest sections to the highest sections, from academically inclined students to passive students, from good-mannered students to students with attitude problems...... I want to believe that I have already met all types of learners not until I've experienced teaching Summer Class.

This year I was given a chance to teach Summer Class. At first, I was actually hesitant to apply because of many stories I'm hearing about their experiences. What had driven me to do so was my urge to have a first hand experience teaching Summer Class and this is my chance. This is because in our Subject, we had an agreement (among teachers) to have a rotation for application to teach Summer Class. There are 13 teachers in our subject area, so if I let go of this chance, it would be another 13 years after I will be given another chance.

 After submitting an Application Letter to the Principal, the applicants were called for a meeting. The schedule were given, it is 6 times a week, Mondays to Saturdays, 3 hours per subject, a total of 36 school days.

This is my first time! And I'll try to answer the following questions based on my experience.

My Summer Class Students (picture taken during exam)

Describe your students in Summer Class.


Compare Summer Class from Regular Classes.


Given a chance, will you again apply teaching Summer Class?


Are you comfortable working during Summer?


Given a chance to work for curriculum planning, what would you suggest?


How about your pay during Summer Class... any comment?


What do you often say to your Summer Class students?



Last Saturday, we held our Commencement Exercises for graduating 4th year students this Summer Class. Almost a hundred students successfully graduated from our school & annexes.

Summer Classes 2014 officially ends today!

Life is .......

JFreigh

Values Integration in every lesson, specially for Learning Areas other than Values Education itself is a vital part of teaching --- whether the DepEd or Educational Theories prescribed it or not, it is actually already existing in the classroom scenario. As a matter of fact - even us, during the time when we were also students, we were bombarded with such 'sermons' by our teachers then.

I'm just actually justifying the picture that I'll be showing below... hahaha. After graduation, some of my students posted pictures discretely on their group - these are stolen pictures of their teachers while inside the classroom. They have done this not for anything else but just for fun.

One throwback picture posted by my students which made me smile was about me solving Life as a mathematical equation. I have seen this equation circulating in the social networking site and I cannot remember what particular instance did I inserted this in our discussion.

Life is 1/2 Happy plus 1/2 Sad

4-day school to solve traffic???

JFreigh

My Dept. Head handed me a survey-questionnaire about the proposed 4-day class a week to solve traffic problems in Metro Manila.

And because of that, I've asked the opinion of my co-teachers present during that time in the faculty. We have different views - a lot of pros and cons were raised and it ignited a healthy discussion.

In my own opinion, as what I've written in the survey-questionnaire, and I quote;

We should not sacrifice the quality time of our Education just to solve traffic problem. I strongly believe that the Education sector should not be the one to suffer just to solve this problem. I believe that 5-day contact time is properly equated to the attention span of our students nowadays & increasing the duration per session to compensate for a 4-day class schedule will 'worsen' the quality of our education.




Although, some of our Education officials are still thinking about alternative delivery mode of instruction to compensate for the contact time lost, let's just hope that this will not put at risk the education of our students.

7 years of LEARNING through TEACHING

by J. Policarpio

Appointment. January 22, 2007.

The time when most of us are hopeful...

The time when most of us are setting new beginnings and reflecting...

The time when the level of air pollutants in our atmosphere gradually increases...

This is also the time when I've set my first steps in the teaching arena - thanks be to God, it has been seven [insert adjective here] years!



[To be continued...]

my students